This director is spanish. Ive always felt that any name that ends with a torro is spanish. Hope im right. Well, does'nt matter actually. He is i.e., the director is a visionary film maker. He is famous for Pan's labyrinth. A movie which had a gory creature speaking to a little girl, as i remember it. But then, i knew that it got an oscar for its visual effects or something. & then i had a chance to see Hellboy, the golden army II, today.
How was the movie? pretty good. It had a whole lot of visuals. More than what you can ask for. Pretty amazing. I'm the kind of audience every filmmaker would like to have. Whether its the 'Sixth sense, or its 'perfume' or 'hellboy', i never jump to conclusions. My brain stops thinking and i watch every movie as though it was my first one. As a result, i appreciate every single twist i see in any movie as though its the first time im watching such a scene. This movie too had its own twists. The director had given plenty of hints before the climax. Let me see what all i can remember.
1. When the prince fights with his father's men, he gets a cut in his face and the camera moves towards the princess' face ( the prince's sister ), & u can see a cut there too, indicating the link that they share from birth as twins. A fact that is later mentioned in the climax.
2. That the gas-man can move into any object and show his power. The way he enters in into the golden army and fights against them was very good.
3. At a time when it looks impossible ( it was never possible always, ofcourse ) to fight with the golden army & when hellboy challenges the prince, u remember that the golden army does'nt always follow the one who wears the crown. There was always the challenge, mentioned either by the narrator or by the king somewhere during the initial stages of the movie.
Such scenes, i would call them 'reminder' scenes are always nice & having so many of them at the right places, does good for the movie.
Hellboy, attaboy !
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